Yasmin Catley

Yasmin Catley
MP
Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 April 2023
PremierChris Minns
Preceded byPaul Toole (as Minister for Police)
Minister for the Hunter
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 August 2023
PremierChris Minns
Preceded byTim Crakanthorp
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in New South Wales
In office
2 July 2019 – 28 May 2021
LeaderJodi McKay
Preceded byPenny Sharpe
Succeeded byPrue Car
Deputy Leader of NSW Labor
In office
2 July 2019 – 28 May 2021
LeaderJodi McKay
Preceded byPenny Sharpe
Succeeded byPrue Car
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Swansea
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 March 2015
Preceded byGarry Edwards
Personal details
Born
Yasmin Maree Catley

1967 or 1968 (age 56–57)[1]
Summerland Point, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLabor Party
SpouseRobert Coombs
Residence(s)Swansea, New South Wales
OccupationLibrarian
ProfessionPolitician
Websitewww.yasmincatley.com

Yasmin Maree Catley is an Australian politician who is the New South Wales Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism and Minister for the Hunter since 2023. She was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Swansea for the Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election.[2]

Formerly a librarian with the Lake Macquarie City Council, she has worked in the offices of Federal Labor MPs Greg Combet and Anthony Albanese. She is married to Robert Coombs who himself served as the member for Swansea from 2007 to 2011.[3]

Catley succeeded Peter Primrose as Shadow Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation in the shadow ministry of Luke Foley in March 2016.[2][4]

From June 2019 to May 2021, Catley was Deputy Leader of the ALP and hence Deputy Leader of the Opposition.[5] She also served as Shadow Minister for Building Reform and Property and Shadow Minister for Rural and Regional Jobs.[2]

Catley resigned as deputy leader on 28 May 2021 along with leader Jodi McKay.[6] She was subsequently appointed as Shadow Minister for Customer Service, Digital and the Hunter in the shadow ministry led by Chris Minns. After the 2023 New South Wales state election, Labor formed a minority government and Catley was appointed as Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism. She was also appointed as Minister for the Hunter in August 2023 following the resignation of Tim Crakanthorp.

  1. ^ "Women take the reins for NSW Labor". Newcastle Herald. 5 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Ms Yasmin Maree Catley, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ "NSW Election 2015 – Swansea". ABC News. March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ^ "NSW Labor reshuffle sees Ryan Park become NSW shadow treasurer". ABC News. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  5. ^ Rabe, Alexandra Smith, Lucy Cormack, Tom (28 May 2021). "NSW Labor set for bitter leadership battle after Jodi McKay resigns". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay resigns 'for unity'". Australian Financial Review. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.